diff --git a/artifacts/api-server/src/lib/sanitize.ts b/artifacts/api-server/src/lib/sanitize.ts
index 0329cd2d..e2938f38 100644
--- a/artifacts/api-server/src/lib/sanitize.ts
+++ b/artifacts/api-server/src/lib/sanitize.ts
@@ -17,8 +17,12 @@ const FONT_SIZE_RE = /^(?:[8-9]|[1-9]\d)px$/;
 const COLOR_RE = /^(?:#[0-9a-f]{3}|#[0-9a-f]{6}|rgb\(\s*\d{1,3}\s*,\s*\d{1,3}\s*,\s*\d{1,3}\s*\))$/i;
 
 export const RICH_TEXT_OPTIONS: sanitizeHtml.IOptions = {
-  allowedTags: ["span", "strong", "b", "em", "i", "u", "br"],
+  // <p> is included so Tiptap's TextAlign extension (applied to paragraph
+  // nodes) can persist text-align: left/center/right via the inline style
+  // allowlist below. Block tags beyond <p> stay disallowed.
+  allowedTags: ["p", "span", "strong", "b", "em", "i", "u", "br"],
   allowedAttributes: {
+    p: ["style"],
     span: ["style"],
     strong: ["style"],
     b: ["style"],
diff --git a/artifacts/api-server/tests/executive-meetings.test.mjs b/artifacts/api-server/tests/executive-meetings.test.mjs
index d4856323..8909daf5 100644
--- a/artifacts/api-server/tests/executive-meetings.test.mjs
+++ b/artifacts/api-server/tests/executive-meetings.test.mjs
@@ -580,6 +580,29 @@ test("Sanitization: rich text strips disallowed tags but keeps inline formatting
   assert.ok(/<em[^>]*>One<\/em>/i.test(att.name), "em must survive in attendee");
 });
 
+test("Sanitization: text-align on <p> survives a round-trip via PATCH/GET", async () => {
+  const m = await api(adminCookie, "POST", "/api/executive-meetings", {
+    titleAr: "محاذاة", titleEn: "Align", meetingDate: today,
+  });
+  const M = await m.json(); created.meetingIds.push(M.id);
+  // Tiptap's TextAlign extension emits paragraphs like
+  // <p style="text-align: right">…</p>. The sanitizer must allow that
+  // structure so Word-like alignment persists.
+  const html = '<p style="text-align: right">يمين</p><p style="text-align: center">center</p>';
+  const patch = await api(adminCookie, "PATCH",
+    `/api/executive-meetings/${M.id}`, { titleAr: html });
+  assert.equal(patch.status, 200);
+  const day = await api(adminCookie, "GET",
+    `/api/executive-meetings?date=${today}`);
+  const body = await day.json();
+  const got = body.meetings.find((x) => x.id === M.id);
+  assert.ok(got, "meeting must come back");
+  assert.match(got.titleAr, /<p[^>]*text-align:\s*right[^>]*>يمين<\/p>/i,
+    "right-aligned <p> survives sanitization");
+  assert.match(got.titleAr, /<p[^>]*text-align:\s*center[^>]*>center<\/p>/i,
+    "center-aligned <p> survives sanitization");
+});
+
 test("Reorder: POST /reorder renumbers a full day to 1..N and inherits slot times", async () => {
   // Use a fresh future date to guarantee the reorder is full-day.
   const reorderDate = "2050-01-15";